Bottle-sealing machine.



B. ADRIANCB L A. GALLESON.

BOTTLE SEALING MACHINE.

APPLICATION Pump Nov. 4, 19104 Patented May 12, 1914.

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B. ADRIANCE & A. GALLESON.

BOTTLE SEALING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED NOV.4, 1910.

1,096,521 Patented May 12,1914.

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ATTORNEY B. ADRIANCE & A. CALLESON.

BOTTLE SEALING MACHINE.

APPLICATION TILBD 11011.4,19104 1,096,521 Patented May 12,1914.

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APPLIUATION FILED Nov,4,191o.

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B. ADRIANCE a A. CALLESON.

BOTTLE SEALING MACHINE.

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B. ADRIANCB L A. CALLESON.

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UNITED STATES PATENT UFFICE.

BENJAMIN ADRIANCE AND AMOS CALLESON, 0F BROOKLYN, NEW YORK; SAID CALLESON ASSIG-NOR TO SAID ADRIANCE.

BOTTLE-SEALING MAHINE,

Application filed November 4, 1910.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 12, 1914.

Serial No. 590,661.

To all who/)1. 4it 'muy concern Be it known that we. BENJAMIN Annunci; and Amos (huesos, citizens of the United States, residing in Brooklyn, borough or Brooklyn, and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bottle-qealing Machines; and we do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appcrtaiiis to make and use the same,- reference being had to the accompanying drawings,l and to letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this slieciiication.

This invention relates to machines for sealing bottles and similar' containers, and it consists in certain improvements in such machines having for their principal objects to render the mechanism substantially coinpletely automatic and so to construct the machine that its several operations will 'be performed with very considerable expedition, whereby to increase the output of the machine while reducing the operating cost.

The invention will be readily understood by those skilled in the art upon reference to the following detailed description of one adaptation thereof, when lread in connection with the accompanying drawings, 1n which,

Figure l is a front elevation of the iinpraoved machine, certain parts being broken away; Fig. 2 is a view partly in si e elevation (as seen from the right in Fig. b1), certain parts ap caring in vertical section n i a plane coincient with the artis upon which the bottle turret rotates; Fig. 3 is a plan view of the improved machine, certain parts thereof appearing in section in a horizontal plane disposed just above the roller Si); Fig. 4.- is a fragmentary plan view on a somewhatlarger scale, showing certain parts broken away and others in horizontal s`ection, a bottle also appearing in section; li ig. 5 is a view. in side elevation (on `substantiallv the same scale as that of Fig..4, and viewing the machine from the right in Fig. l) of that art above the table thereof. certain parts being broken away; Fig. 6 is a plan view,on a still larger scale. showing a part of the means for raising and lowering the scaling head, certain parts appearing of the machine which is,

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is a view in front elevation of what is seen in Fig. G, (certain parts appearing in section) and a portion of the means for directing and effecting the advance of the closures to the scaliiig-liead; Fig. 8 is an underneath plan view of the sealing head and the means for directing the closures thereto; Figs. 8, 8b and 8" are views illustrating a modified forni of the sealing head and the stem carrying the saine; Fig. Sd illustrates a` detail of Figs. 8b and 8"-, Fig. 9 is a plan view of the superstructure of the machine, certain parts being broken away; Fig. 10 is an underneath plan View and Fig. 11 a top plan View of the two parts of an adjustable double crank shown in Fig. 9; Figs. 12 and 13 show side elevations, partly in section, of the crank-parts shown in Figs. l0 and l1, respectively; Fig. 14 is a side elevation, artly in section, of a lever 122, appearing in Fig. 9; Fig. 15 is a fragmentary vertical sectional ,view of the hopper for the closures and the means for assuring the feeding of the closures from the hopper, properly faced; and Figs. 1G and 17 are vertical sectional and top plan views` of the lubricant holding and controlling means.

a is the lower or base-portion of the frame of the machine and b a table surinountng the same and having two circular openings c and cl, the foi-incr having its center coincident with thevertical axis of the base. The base has an upwardly projecting fixed cylindrical pillar e forming a bearing for a turret (to be described in detail), and above the pillar is the heady f of the frame which is guided for vertical movement by. a fixed vertical rod g rising from the table at the front thereof and having a bearing in a top- )late It surn'iounting the head and bv a feat er i projecting from a houslng j (tired to the head) into a vertical groove 7u in the bracket l bolted to the pillar c. The head f is movable solely for the purpose of adj`ustinent,in order to adapt the machine to bottles of differently graded heights, the adjustment being eliected by turning a crank m carrying a-bevel-pinion n and journalcd in the bracket l; the pinion n meshes with the beveled portion of a transmission pinion 0 is jouriialed in pillar e and housing j and has an elongated toothed portion which meshes with the gear p of the screw o formed in its upper and Loeaeai o attached to pillar e and a ring s3 ixed to head f.

' In the openings c and a3 are arranged the rotary bottle supporting disks t and u, respectively, the saine peripherally engaging each other and formin moving portions of the table. The disk t as a circular groove t in its under face receiving the circular bearing portion a of the base a, and it also has the sleeve t2 closely but rotatably itting the illar e. The disk t is fitted with elastic botte supporting pads t3, and it` forms a art of the aforesaid turret., This turret 1n constructed so as'to facilitate bringing the bottles into and maintaining them in the control thereof during a part of its cycle of movement and then discharging them, as

follows: Fitted to the sleeve t2 is an annular member v supported by its flange o which overhangs the top of-the sleevetz; fitted to the :member `als an annular member w- (made in t-wo parts, to permit the assembling, as seen in Fig. 4) .i rThe members 'v and fw each have two sets of radial projections o2 and luf, respectively, `the member w being a5 disposed between the sets of projections o2 of the member v i (Fig. 2). Slots 'v3 and w8 are formed in the vmembers v and w and these are penetrated. by a screw .fr whereby to secure the members so as to alter thedisto tance between any two corresponding projections o2 and any two corresponding pro` jections lw2 (Fig. 4), to suit the Vdiameter of the bottles bein operated upon.- The bottles are shifted rom the one to the other of the rotating disks u and t, whose directions of rotation are indicated in Fig. 3 by arrows, and in order to retain them on the disk t and facilitatejheir coming within the control of the turret, the forward edges of the projections 'v2 are concave, as at et. After the bottles have been sealed they are successively discharged from the turret, being wiped o the disk t by the fixed deflector. y which forms a part of a guard a at the back of the 'table bf;

The top plate rlforms a bearing `for a vertical shaft 1 which is supported therein 'against downward movement by a series of four cams fixed tothe upper end of the shaft and bearing uponthe topplate; the

function of ,these cams will'be explained later. The said shaft 1 penetrates the sleeve portion 2-/of a bevel gear 3 'ournaled inv a bracket t arranged within t e base a, 4the shaft being 'splined to the sleeve 2. A. portion 5 of the shaft is formed with teethso as to form an elongated pinion, and withy this pinion meshes a transmission pinion 6 suitably j ournaled on a stub-shaft 7 depend. ing` fromthe pillar e, the pinion G being-in 7 mesh vwith an internal gearS formed inthe turret, the elongation of the teeth 5 and the splining of shaft 1 within sleeve 2 having for their purpose to permit the shaft 1 to remain in operative connection with the sleeve and the turret whatever elevation the shaft may assume in the adjustment of the head f. The bevel-gear 3 meshes with the pinion 9 on the drive shaft 10, said shaft carrying' a pulley 11 adapted to receive a driving belt and to assume either a fixed or a free relation with respect to the shaft according to the 'condition' of a clutch 12 ccntrolled by the clutch lever 13 provided with an operating handle 14.

A cross-piece 15, bolted to the under side of the table b, spans the opening d, andfrom itrises vertically the fixed shaft 16. On a spacing collar 17 arranged on this shaft and supported by the crossmiece isjournaled the disk u, which is rotated from disk with which it ,peripherally engages. Fixed to the shaft above and spaced from the disk is a. plate 18 of-less diameter than the disk, the' back portion of said plate being formed as a substantially senii-circularwall19.

20 i's a semi-circular wall secured to the table b back of the disk u, the part 21 thereof being pivotally adjustable around th( v)in 22 upon manipulating "a screw 23 -T ich penetrates a slotted ear 24 of the part 21 and said part 21 having an elastic extension 25 projecting into close proximity to the outer ends of the projections o2 and w2 of the turret.

The bottles are laced on the table b and then moved onto t e rotatin ",disk'u, whereby they are carried in the irecti-on of the arrow, followin the' circular path formed between the wa ls 19 and 20 until they ap`- preach thedisk t. At this point a deflector 26 wipes them off or the disk aonto the disk t, that is, into)l the control or the turret; this defiector is pivoted inthe wall 19 at 27 and, while its acting end will yield,- to the pressure of a bottle in contact therewith, it

is normally held in the position show'nby a spxiral spring 28 connecting its otherend wit .theplate'18. It being designed that the bottles shall be delivered -to the turret spaced intervals,'.that is, each upona pa vided for regulating tlieideliveryl of the bottles from disk it to the turret: 0n a vertical axis`29 is pivoted a gate 30 (appearing hook c shaped in plan) lwhose freer` endv intermit` vice will be described later in. detail.

ing a crank 34 consisting otl two arms 35 projecting' from the sleeve and connected by a vertical rod 2116, the sleeve being journaled on the shaft 1G. A rock-shaft 37 is journaled in hearings 38 and $39 of the head f and top plate 7L, respectively, the upper end of Said shaft carrying a crank 40 having an anti-friction roller contactinof with a cam 41 u'hich is secured on the shaft 1. The lower end-ci said rock shaft carries a forked crank arm 42 whose forked end embraces the rod 36. (ln cach rotation of shaft 1 the bellcrank lever formed byfthe sleeve 33 and its projecting arms is caused to move the gate 30 r alternately into obstructingr relation to the bottles within the passage between walls 19 andQ() out of such relation, in the latter instance permitting the most advanced bottle to be pushed by those behind it onto the adjoiningl ad 3. To permit the proper coaction o the gate 3() and deleetor Q6, it is convenient and desirable to form the acting end of the former bifurcated (see Fig. 1), its bifurcated end receiving the defiector when lthe gate moves to obstruct the advance of the bottles. It `will be understood that the crank 34 has the form described with the object of permitting an operative connection to exist at vthis point whatever positionthc arm 42 may assume in the adjustment of the head. u

The actual operation of sealing bottles necessitates an intermittent movement of someV kind in order to assemble each bottle and closure, such movement in'the present instance taking the form of a thrust on the part of the sealing' device toward and from the plane of movement of the bottle support (turret). The bottle support is given a continuous movement, as already indicated, the principal object of Which is of course to hasten the progress of the work and thereb v increase the output. In order that the -intermittently acting sealing device may properly ooperate with -the continuously moving bottle support We have found it expedient to cause the sealing head intermittently to accompany the bottle support in its advancin movement. We now roceed to explain ty e means for causing tie sealing device and the bottle support to co crate in the way just indicated: The sea ing device, designated 43, in Figs. 1 and 2 is arranged in a carrier, designated 44 in said figures. which ,oscillates around the longitudinal axis ofl shaft 1 and has m0vement also in the length of said axis; the sealing device and the manner in which it and the carrier 44 are constructed to permit the automatic adjustment of the sealingrldleie carrier comprises a. cylindrical portion or sleeve 45 Working in cylindrical brasses 46 fitted in thehead f and an arm 47 .which projects through an opening 48 formed in y head f and top plate L back of shaft 1 is j ournaled a vertical rock-shaft 53; the lower end of this shaft protrudes from an overhang of the head f in which the brasses are arranged, Aand on the protruding portion ofv the shaft is adjustably secured a crank 54 terminating in a yoke 55. This yoke carries a two-armed link 56, the arms of which in turn carry a pivoting pin 57 which penetrates the projecting portion 58 of the arm 47 of the carrier 44, which is movable vertically vvith reference to said pin. When rock-shaft 53 is oscillated it Will'impart the above-mentioned oscillating movement to the carrier 44 around the axis of shaft 1. The oscillating movements of rock-shaft 53 are accomplished from t-he'cams 59 and dxed on shaft l through the medium of the double crank shown in Figs. 10 to 13. One part or member 61 of this crank is keyed to the shaft, carrying a roller at one end bearing against the, cam 59 and having its other end forked and provided with the set screws 62; the other part or member 63 ofsaid crank is rotatably adjustable on shaft 53, carrying at one end a. roller bearing against the cam 60 and at the other a. projection 64 which `fits between the set screws G2 in the forked portion of the member 61 of the crank. The oscillating throw of the carrier may be changed as circumstances require by changing the cams 59 and 60 for others of diiferent size, such `changes being permitted in view of the adjustability of the crank-member 63 and the crank 54. It will be observed that on each rotationof shaft 1 the *carrier performsan up and down movement and a back and forthor oscillating movement around the axis of shaft 1. The arm 47 of the carrier has at the front a ver- `tical groove 65 in `which is fitted the stem 66 of the holder part of the sealing device. The front fiat face of the arm 47 of the car rier is covered by a plate 67, and set in recesses in this plate and the back of the groove G5 are friction pieces 68 (of fiber or the like) which bear against the front and back .faces of the stem, the friction piece at the back being pressed against the stem by a plate 69 against which bear springs 70 housed in the carrier. A friction-piece 71 also bears against one lateral face ofthe stem, its frictional action being adjustable by virtue of the set screws 72. In the face of the stein opposite to the friction-piece 71 is pivotcd a,

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rior faces of annular friction pieces 77 andv 78. The ratchet and the friction pieces 77 and 78 are housed in a'cavity 79 of the projection 58 ofthe arm i7 oi the carrier, and in this cavity are litted a bushing 80 supportingthe frictionl piece 77 and a cup 81 sjupportino the friction piece 7 8' and tit-ting the bushing, which latte-r is preferably pinned in its place. so as not to rotate. A fixed stem 82 projects `from the cavity in the axis of the cup and ratchet,the same carrying at its outer end a. nut 83 between which and the bottom of the cup is interposed a spiral spring 84.' `Upon adjusting the nutl 831the pressure of the spring will be varied to alter thev friction or braking effect of the friction pieces 77 and 78 on the ratchet 75. 'l`he upper end of the stein 60 carries a roller 85 designed to ilnpinge against a stop 8G secured tothe top plate h (Fig. 1).

lt being remarked that bottles supposed to be of the salme height otteixyary considerably` it vill be understood thatthe purpose of trictionally supporting the sealing device as just described istoA permit it to adjust itself automaticall \rto bottles vary` ing` in height. Flach time the carrier descends `the sealing device 48 cccupies'its lowest elevation therein (so as to be adapted to a bottle .having the lminimum calculated height); it the sealing. device does not already occupy that position on the previous rise of the carrier, it is made to assume the same by the cont-act ot roller 85 with stop 86. lf a bottle of greater height is presented to the sealing device; on the descent ot' the carrier the sealing device will slip therein (upwardly relatively to thev carrier), the pawl 73 engaging a tooth ot ratchet 75 and overcoming the resistance oi the friction pieces 77 and 78. lin the arresting ot' the sealing device b v the contact ot its roller.

with the stop 86. the pawl clicks idly over the teeth of the ratchet. ltwill be understood that the friction pieces 68 and 71 serve principally to hold the sealing device against downward shifting in the carrier due to the rather violent up and down movement ot the latter in connection with the action of gravity on the sealing device.

flhe stern 86 terminates at its lower end in an interior-ly threaded chamber 87 into which is screwed a socket 88 which is held against rotation in the chamber by a screw 89 fitting a recessed projection 90 of the chamber. rllhe socket 88 has a flaring mouth (Fig. 7) to facilitate the heads of' the bottles entering the saine, and it also has a lateral closure admitting opening 91. At one side of the throat ot the socket is arranged a pivoted clip 92 vnormally forced accessi inwardly by a spring-actuated pin 98 and having a projection .94 adapted to be .engaged `by a xed lug 95 on guard-member s when the carrier returns the sealing device to its starting point;.the engagement ot the with the lug 95 throws the tormer into the position shown in Fig. 8, so as to permit a closure to enter the opening 91 'and rest upon an interior-ledge 96 in the socket 88, and when the carrier moves away` from its starting point (Figs. 1 and B), the clip is torce'd'by its spring into holding relation to theclosure, so that the position ot the latter in the socket 88 will not be disturbed in the movements of the sealing de` vice. linto the top .of the socket 88 screwed an vannular nut 97 against which bears an annular disk 98 between which and a shoulder 99 is disposed `a substantiallyl non-expansible, yettlexible; conical throat piece 100 forming the subject otour application for Letters Patent hearing the Serial No. 513504:, filed August 19, 1909, thev same not being claimed herein. A plunger 101f subjected to the pressure off a spring 102 housed in the stem 66, is normally supported by the disk 98l on which a' shoulder 103 on the plunger engages. lWhen the sealing device moves downwardly over the head of the bottle, the latter raises the closure already deposited in the socket 88 against the plunger 101 which yields upwardly (holding the closure squarely upon the mouth of the bottle) allowing the crimped daring edge of the closure to rise in the lthroat piece 100 and be thereby contracted into locking engagement with he bottle head as described in our application aforesaid.

ln the modication shown in Figs. 8EL to'8d au internally shouldered nut 97 is screwed j f into the lower end ot the bore of the stem 86, its shoulder o'ering a seat tor the shoulder .103 ot the plunger 101 pressed down by spring 102. .The chamber 87 at the lower end /of the stem 68 is' internally smooth (except tor an annular groove 872 and vertical grooves 873 leading up to groove 872 from the mouthof the chamber) and in it tits the exteriorly Asmooth hollow plug 8 8 of a socket 882 having studs 883.

received by the groove 87?; the' socket is` thus connected with the stem by what is substantially a bayonet joint7 it being held against turning by av spring-pressed pawl 884 engaging a notch 885 in the mouth ot the -chamber 87. The throat piece 100 stands interposed between the internal shoulder 99' Vof the socket and the nut 97. 'll'husv the socket may be removed at any time with facility and without disturbing the spring-pressed plunger 101 for access tothe throat-piece* or othenpjurpose. The socket has the daring mouth 886. closureadmitting opening 91 and closure-holding llllti frac clip 92 operation as the corresponding parts 88 91 and 92 already described. A In thisnnod' cation the top of chamber 87 is annularly channeled and is formed with a lip 87T whereby any o-il or the liquid finding its way from the bottles to parts of the machine directly above the sealing point will be discharged away from the sealing head and prevented from lworking its way into the interior of the latter and possibly into the bottles.

A (Fig. 4) designates a bottleand B (Fig. designates the type of closure or cap employed. Each time he carrier returns to its starting position, a cap or closure is delivered thereto, and the means whereby this is accomplished is as follows: On the top plate h is arranged a hopper 104 open at the front and having an inclined rounded bottom wall formed with a channel 105. The front (right) side of this hopper is open, being covered by a plate 106 in which is journaled a shaft 107 which carries (against the inner face of the plate) a disk 108 having a fin 109 which osclllates in the channel 105 during the oscillation of the disk with the shaft. A pinion 110, fitted over the hub 111 of the disk, has a slip-friction-grip connection 112 with the shaft 107 the oscillating movement of the-disk being limited by a stud 113 working in a slot 114 in the plate 106. The fin has a downwardly projecting finger 115 entering the channel formed by a curved groove 116 in the front of the hopper below its bottom wall and a .curved rib 117 on the back of the plate, the rib and groove coacting to permit a cap B to pass downwardly through the space 118 formed between the front of the hopper and the plate should the cap be faced as shown iu Fig. 15 but to check the cap if it is faced -oppositely Merely remarking that the rejected caps are returned by the oscillating finger 115, which rolls them along the channel back into the hopper, further description of this mechanism 1s not necessary herein, it being fully set forth in our application -l'rearing Serial No. 542297, February 15, '1910. The pinion 110 is engaged by the toothed segmental end of a lever 119 fulcrumeel on a stud 120, and connected by a link 121 with the free end of a lever 122 carryin a roller which engages a cam 123 fixed on slgiaft 1, the lever being held against the cam by a s ring 124. On the link 121 is arranged a lock 125 having a slip-frictiongrip cn the link by virture of a liber piece 126 held in Contact with the link by a spiral spring 127 kept under tension by a screw 128 tapped into the block; this block carries a finger 129 which enters an arc-shaped slot 130-in the plate 106 and in its'reciprocations alternately pushes back from the mouth or entrance to the cap chute (to be described) all the same in construction ahd l all caps at one side of said chute and resting upon the ledge 131 closing the bottom of the space 118, so that the caps will not clog said mouth. 132 is the said cap chute, the same being secured to an outwardly projecting web 133 of head The lower end of the cap chute debouc es toward and is alined with theopening 91 of the socket of the sealing device and 1t has a spring-actuated clip 134 normally acting, to restrain the discharge of the caps therefrom, but being adapted to yield to permit the Vescape of a cap upon sutlicient pressure bein exerted upon the latter. The positive a vance of the lowest cap past the clip 134 is effected by the pivoted foot 135 of a lever 136 fulcrumed in a bracket 137 projecting from the` chute, the toe of the foot 135 being impelled toward the chute by a spring 138 connecting the foot with the chute, and the chute having a slot 139 which admits the foot 135 into engagement with the lowermost cap back of the same. The receding movement of the foot is accomplished by an arm 140 arranged on shaft 37 and adapted to engage the upper end of the lever 136. 141 is an auxiliary hopper having an inclined bottom and discharging through a passage 143 into the back of the hopper 104. Thus, while the capacity of the source of supply of the closures is increased, the weight of the bulk of the caps on those which are being subjected to the selecting operation is not so considerable as to interfere with that operation.

The cams 41, 59, 60 and 123, it will be understood, form that series of cams which it has been heretofore stated serve to support the shaft 1.

It is desirable that certain bearings of the machine be automatically lubricated, such,'

for instance, as the bearings for the turret, the shafts 10 and 15. the sleeve 45 and the gear 3. The lubricating means is shown in Figs. 1, 5, 16 and 17 and is as follows: A bracket 144 rises from the head and carries a disk 145 having a series o ports 146 to which are connected the tubes 147 leading to the several bearings. An oil-cup 148 having a cover 149 surmounts the disk 145, said disk having an upwardly projecting hub 150 on which is journaled the upwardly projecting bearing portion 151 of the cup. The cup is provided with ports 152, said ports and the ports 146 being arranged in an arc of the same circle and said ports 152 each receiving one end of a wick or other {iexible absorbent st-rip 153, the other end of which depends into the cup. The adjoining faces of the disk and cup are planed smooth, and when the cup is turned on its axis communication between the ports 146 and 152 will be established or closed, leakage between the said members being prevented by a spring 154 coiled about a bolt 155 housed in the hub 150, the spring being interposed between the head of the bolt and thel closed end of the hub, and the upper or protruding end of the bolt carrying a nut 156 for adjusting the tension of the spring. 157 is simply a cover platefor the head ot the bolt. When the machine is idle the cup stands in the position in which it cuts oli' the iow of the lubricant which, it will be understood, is fed to the ports by capillary attraction; when the machine is running, the cup is moved so as to permit the iow of the oil. The rotary movement of the lcup is effected from the lever 13 through a pitman 158 connected with a bellcrank lever 159 engaging a stud 16() on the side of the cup, the connection between the pitman and lever being of the slip-frictiongrip character to allow adjustment of the head and being substantially identical to that shownv at the lower right port-ion of Fig. 15.

So long L s the clutch maintains the pulley -11 in driving connection with the shaft 10,

shaft- 1 and all the parts it controls continue in motion. The duty of the attendant is confined simply to supplying bottles to the disk u and removing them from the machine as fast as they are sealed, keeping the hoppers supplied with caps and replenish- BFS ing the lubricant receptacle 14S. As already explained, the bottles Placed on the disk el, are carried thereby through the passage formed by the walls 19 and 20 and delivered onto the disk t, being caused to assume positions on the pads t3 so that they stand at regular intervals from each other. As the bottles pass in succession in front of the head f ofthe machine, the sealing mechanism operates intermittently, in each cycle of its movement receiving a cap from the means for supplying the caps thereto and aliixing such cap to a bottle. So far as the sealing device is concerned, the resultant of the two movements of the carrier a4, to wit, an oscillatory movement around shaft 1 as a center and a vertical movement, is in a downwardly inclined direction toward the bottle support. which the turret forms, such downwardly inclined movement occurring while the aixing is taking place and having for its edect to cause uthe sealing device to accompany the bottles at this time and at the same time edect the contraction ot the closure by forcing the throat piece down over the closure. Following the downwardly inclined movement, the sealing device risesv and returns to its initial position, receiving another closure, preparatory to repeating the operation thereof just described with reference to the next bottle as it is brought in front of the head f. The sealed bottles are carried on the supporting disk t until they engage the deliector y, which successively turns them off the support onto the table llt will be understood weeen' that the plunger 101 serves to clear each bottle from the' sealing device, keeping the bottle in contact with the pad t3 until such clearance has been completely edected. lVhen the sealing device descends into downwardly pressing engagement with the container, if necessary (depending upon the height of the bottle) it will yield relatively upwardly in the holding means therefor (carrier 43), subject to the resistance of' the slip frictiongrip mechanism, operating thereon at this time; `it will be observed' that the paWl and ratchetmeans involved in the slip-friction-grip mechanism makes such slip-riction-grip operative during the working thrust of the sealing device but substantially inoperative during the ,returnthrust, whereby to facilitate the return of t-he sealing device to its lowest position (relatively) in the holding means therefor upon impact lof the sealing device with the member having thrust movement toward and trom the other means and being oscillatory on an axis extending longitudinally of its line of thrust movement anda pressure-exerting member carried by said thrust-member eccentrically ot said axis, substantially as described. v

2. lln a machine for assembling ythe body and closure parts' of containers, coacting means for pressing said` parts against each other, one of said means including a thrustmember having thrust movement Atoward and from the other means and being oscillatory on an\ axis extending longitudinally of its line `of thrust movement and a pressure-exsol loo

erting member carried by said thrust-memv ber eccentrically of said axis, and means for e advancing the container-parts of one kind in a path extending between said other means and said member, substantially as described.

3. 1n a nmachine for assembling the body and closure parts of containers, in combination, coasting means, rotative ona common axis, for pressing said parts against each other, mechanism ,for rotatively advancing one of said means, and mechanism':for causing reverse rotary movements of the other means during means, substantially as described. y

43. ln. a machine for assembling the` body pf rotary advance of the first and closure parts of containers, in combina- "t-ion, coaeting means, for pressing said arts against each other, mechanism for rotatlvely advancing one of said means, and mechanism for causing reverse rotary movements of the other means during rotary advance o-thc first means, substantially as described.

5. ln combination, coacting means, rota tive on a common avis, for bringing the closure and body parts of containers into assembled relation to each other, mechanism t'or rotatively advancing one of said means, and mechanism for causing reverse rotary movements of the other means during rotary L substantially as.`

advance ot' the first moans, described.

(i. ln combination, eoacting` means for bringing the body and closure parts of eontainers into assembled relation to each other, one of said means having a thrust movement. toivard and from the otheipand each of said means being rotative 0n an axis extending longitudinally of its line of thrust movement, means for rotatively advancing one of saidv means and mechanism for causing reverse rotary movements of the'ot-her means during rotary advance of the advanced means. substantiall)Y as described.

7. ln :i machine for assembling the body and closure parts of containers, substantially continuously moving rotary means for advancing the body parts successively, and pressure-exerting means, oscillator)Y concentrically With the first means, for forcing the .'losure parts into assembled relation with the bodyT parts` substantially as described.V

8. Mechanism for atiixing the. closure parts to the body parts of containers comprising a closure supporting member haring a closurecontracting means, means for laterally :idvarcing the body parts successively, means for laterally moving said member back and forth, and means for etl'ecting a movement of said member and a body part, the one toward the other, during the, lateral movenient ot' said member in one direction, substantially as described.

9, Mechanism for atlixing the closure parts to the bodyv parts of containers comprising lsepara te supporting members for the closure and body parts. the closure-supporting member having a elosure-contracting cavity, means for laterally advancing the supporting member for the body parts,- means for laterally moving said elosuresupportingv member back and forth. and means for effect? ing movement of one ot' said members tovva rd the other during each lateral movement of the closure supporting member in one direction, substantially as described.

l0. Tn combination, with means, discharging in'a definite direction, for supplying the closure parts, means for assembling the closure and body parts comprisingI a sealing device4 oscillator in said direetionand rei'ersely, out of and into closure-reoeivin 1' lation to the supplying means, substantially as described.

11.111 combination, with means, discharging in a definite direction, for supplying the closure parts, means for assembling the closure and body parts comprising a seallng device oscillatory, in'said direction and re versely. out of and into closure-receiving relation to the supplying means, and means for movi iig said sealing device and etleeting the delivery thereto of a closure part on leach movement of said sealing device into closurereeeiving relation to the supplying means, substantially as described.

12. In combination, coaeting means for assembling the closure and body parts in sealing relation to each other, means for supplying the closure parts disposed relatively laterally of'said coact-ing means, one of said coacting means being oscillatory toward and from the supplying means, and means for oscillating the oscillatory one of said coacting means, substantially as described.

13. In a machine for assembling the closure and body parts of containers, in combination, means for supplying the container parts of one kind, coacting means for assembling the closure and body parts in sealing relation to cach other, movable together to advance said parts, one of said coaeting means being adapted to carry the container parts supplied by the supplying means and oscillatory toward and from the supplying means, substantially as described.

14. In a machine for assembling the closure and body parts of containers, in combination, means for supplying the container parts of one kind, means for assembling the body and closure parts including means for advancing the container parts of one kind past the assembling position and a supporting member for the container parts of the other kind oscillatory into and outl of receiving relation to the supplying means, in one direction with the advancing means, substantially as described.

15. In combination, with means for assembling the closure and body parts ineluding an oscillatory thrust member having thrust movement substantially longitudinally of its axis of oscillation and also iiicliiding a sealing device disposed eccentrically of said axis and carried by said inember, means for feeding a closure to the sealing device on the oscillatorymovement thereof Withsaid member in one direction` substantially as described. v i

16. A rotary advancing member for the articles being operated upon. said member comprising tivo partslrotatably adjustable the one on the other around the axis of rotation of. said member, each of said parts having spaced articlefergaging projections,

substantially as describe 17. ln combination, With a rotary shaft,

coacting means for assembling the container and oscillatory movement to the holding4 member, substantially as described.

19. ln combination, with a rotary shaft, mechanism for assembling the container body and closure parts comprising an advancing member for one of said partsrotative, and a holding member for the other of said parts oscillatory, around said. shaft as an axles-and means for transmitting from said shaft rotary movement to the advancing member, substantially as described.

20. ln combination, with a rotary shaft, mechanism for assembling the containerV body and closure parts comprising an advancing member for one of said parts rotative, and a holding member for the other of said parts oscillatory, around said shaft as an axisfand means for transmitting from said shaft oscillatory movement to the holding member, substantially as described.

21. ln combination, `with a rotary shaft, coacting means for assembling the-container body and closure parts, one of said means being rotative, and the other oscillatory, around said shaft as an axis, and one of said means being also movable substantially 'longitudinally of said shaft, and means for transmitting movement from the shaft to 'each of 'said means, substantially as described.

22. ln combination, a suitable supporting part, a container-receiving sealing means `comprising a socket detachably secured to said part and a sealing device interposed between said part and a. portion of the socket and contained within and supported by the latter, and a plunger normally movable in said parts and in the containerlaxis toward the entrance to the sealing means, said de- 5d titl @5 and forth movement in the carrier crossvvise vice limiting said movement of the plunger,

noeaaai of the path of movement of the latter, lsubstantially as described.

24. ln a machine for assembling the body and closure parts of containers, a supporting means and coacting means for pressing said parts against. each other including a carrier having rectilinear thrust movement in the supportingmeans and being revoluble on anl axis extending longitudinally of its line of thrust movement and a supporting member for one of the container part-s arranged in the carrier and yieldable therein lsubstantially longitudinally of said line, said carrier having a. slip-friction grip on said member and the supporting means having means to limit the movement of said member With the carrier in one direction, substantially as described.

25. Coacting means Vfor bringing the body and closure parts of containers into position to. be assembled with each other, one of said means including a carrying device for the parts of one kind movable in a continuous path toward the other means, then laterally, then from the other means, and then laterally, and also including a carrying member for said device movable rectilineally toward and from said other means, substantially as described.

26. A machinel for assembling the bodyv and closure parts of containers including a frame having a support for the parts of one kind, a carrying structure for the parts of the other kind having movement toward and from the support and also late-rally, and` means for effecting said movements of said structure including an actuating member rotative 011 an axis extending through the supporting plane of said 'support and having cam-Ways controlling said movements of said structure and respectively deflected toward and from the support and toward and from said axis, substantially as described.

27. ln a machine for assembling the bod \rv and Aclosure parts of containers, the combination of the frame including avertical bearing part, and means forbringing the body and closure parts into position tb be assembled with each other including a carrying structure for the parts vof one kind rotative around the axis of and movable vertically on sai-d bearing part., and means for oscillating and imparting up and down movements to said structure, substantially as described.

28. ln a machine for assembling the body and .closure parts of containers. the conibination of the vframe includinor an upstanding bearing part and means forbringing the body and closure parts into position to be assembled with each other including a car ying structure for the parts of one kind rotative around the axis of and movable vertically on said bearing part. andmeans. carried by said'bearing part. for oscillating lll@ Htl

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-and imparting up and' down movements to part, for oscillating and imparting up and.

down movements to said structure, substantially as described.

30. Means for assembling the bodies and closures ofeontainers including the frame, a carrying structure for .the parts of one kind oscillatory around and movable longitudinally of a vertical axis on a part of the frame, and means for imparting vertical and oscillatory movements to said structure including a transmission member moving transversely `4oi said axis and having sliding engagement With said structure, substantially as described.

3l. A machine for assembling the body and closure parts of containers including a support for the parts of one kind, a carrying structure for the parts of the other kind having movement toward and from the support and also laterally, and means for effecting said movements of said structure including an actuating member rotative on an axis extending from the support and having eam- Ways respectively deflected toward and from' the support and toward and from said axis,

Asubstantially as described.

32. A machineI for assembling the body and closure parts of containersl including 'a support for the parts of one kind, a carrying structure for the parts of the other kind having movement toward and from the support and also laterally, and means for eiiecting said movements of said structure including an actuating member rotative on an axis extending from the support and having cam-Ways respectively deflected toward and `from the support and toward and from said axis, the irst-named cam-way being engaged by said structure, and a power-transmission member movable laterally in said frame, engaged with the second-named cam-Way and having sliding engagement with said structure, substantially as described.

In testimony, that We claim the foregoing We have hereunto set our hands this 29th day of October, 1910.

BENJAMIN ADRIANOE.` AMOS CALLESON.

Witnesses:

WM. C. HORN, Louis STUMrr. 

